Persuasion (1995)
Directed by Roger Michell
In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.
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Director Roger Michell (Persuasion) knows right where to turn for this movie�s magic: He trains his cameras on Ms. Roberts and keeps them there as much as humanly possible.
Taking a somewhat more realistic view of "celebrity-dom" than the recent "EdTV" or last year's "The Truman Show," director Roger Michell ("Persuasion") wisely chose two performers who not only click together, but are also no strangers to the paparazzi, tabloids, and having every minute detail of their lives -- usually the less favorable incidents whether true or not -- being exposed.
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Director Roger Michell, so thorough in his work on Persuasion, let a serious mistake slip through.
Modeling his visual style on Roger Michellâs 1995 Persuasion, which may be the smartest adaptation of an Austen novel ever made, Wright has Elizabeth wandering through muddy fields in a frumpy brown frock that does nothing to diminish Knightleyâs radiance, while pigs and chickens roam freely around the Bennet residence to drive home the point that this is a family mired in genteel poverty.